保养

保养 bǎoyǎng

Maintain (take care of)

保养 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體保養 baoyang

What 保养 means

Maintain (take care of)

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Character by character

保养 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

保

bǎo

Guarantee (protect - keep)

养

yǎng

Provide for (give birth to - keep - [pets] - maintain - recuperate)

Words that share a character with 保养

How to write 保养

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保养 in a sentence

汽车每半年要保养一次。

Qìchē měi bàn nián yào bǎoyǎng yí cì.

A car should be serviced once every six months.

她很注意保养，看上去比实际年龄年轻。

Tā hěn zhùyì bǎoyǎng, kàn shàngqù bǐ shíjì niánlíng niánqīng.

She takes good care of herself and looks younger than she really is.

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Questions about 保养

What does 保养 mean in English?

保养 is pronounced bǎoyǎng and means Maintain (take care of).

How do you pronounce 保养?

保养 is bǎoyǎng in pinyin — written baoyang without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 保养?

保养 is written with 2 characters: 保 (bǎo) Guarantee (protect - keep), 养 (yǎng) Provide for (give birth to - keep - [pets] - maintain - recuperate). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 保养 written in traditional Chinese?

保養. The simplified form 保养 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 保養 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced bǎoyǎng.

Is 保养 an HSK word?

Yes — 保养 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

保密 bǎomì 保姆 bǎomǔ 保守 bǎoshǒu 保卫 bǎowèi 保障 bǎozhàng 保重 bǎozhòng 报仇 bàochóu 报酬 bàochóu

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